CSR Activity Report (CSR Guideline Activity Reports) - Social Contribution Activities as a Good Corporate Citizen

Fiscal 2022 Results (Data edition)

Social contribution expenditure (% change from average expenditure over last six years)

■Reporting scope
Toray Group
■Target in fiscal 2022
100% or higher

Result in fiscal 2022

113

Social contribution activities (number)

■Reporting scope
Toray Group
■Target in fiscal 2022
2,500 or more

Result in fiscal 2022

1,952

Beneficiaries of educational support activities such as science classes for schools and career education (number)

■Reporting scope
Toray Group
■Target in fiscal 2022
15,000 or more

Result in fiscal 2022

15,730

As a good corporate citizen, Toray Group is helping to promote the sustainable development of local and international communities based on its corporate philosophy. The Group also supports the social contribution activities of its employees under the Toray Group Social Initiative Policies.
The CSR Roadmap 2022 sets KPIs for social contribution expenditures, such as donations and personnel expenses associated with social contribution activities, and Toray Group maintains initiatives at the designated scale.
Consolidated social contribution expenditures in fiscal 2022 were 1.86 billion yen, while such expenditures were approximately 1.07 billion yen at Toray Industries alone. This figure is 113% of average expenditures over the last six years (fiscal 2016-2021, 1.64 billion yen), surpassing the target of 100% or higher set in the CSR Roadmap 2022.
In fiscal 2022, the main beneficiaries were Toray Science Foundation, Toray science foundations in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea, and sponsorship of the Shanghai International Marathon.
In fiscal 2022, Toray Industries Inc., on behalf of Toray Group, donated approximately 220million yen to Toray Science Foundation. Toray Group companies outside Japan donated approximately 260 million yen to Toray science foundations around the world.

In its CSR Roadmap 2022, Toray Group sets KPIs for the number of social contribution activities to be implemented in order to ensure that the Group continues to actively contribute to society. In addition, the roadmap sets KPIs for the number of beneficiaries of educational support activities, such as science classes for schools and career education, with the aim of developing a solid educational support program, which has been a long-term Toray Group focus.
The number of social contribution activities implemented in fiscal 2022 was 1,952, short of the target of 2,500 or more.

Due to the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to restrictions on social activities both in and outside of Japan, the number of social contribution activities decreased over the three years (fiscal 2020 – fiscal 2022) of the CSR Roadmap 2022. While limiting social activities, the Group has identified regions and timeframes in which activities could be resumed in order to gradually increase its social contribution activities. This resulted in a greater number of activities implemented in fiscal 2022 than in fiscal 2020 (1,625) and fiscal 2021 (1,710), although these activities did not return to pre-pandemic numbers.

With the number of COVID-19 cases declining, the beneficiaries of educational support activities numbered 15,730 (4,399 more than the previous year), higher than the Group target of 15,000 or more. This was due to the return of Toray science classes for schools and plant tours in various locations.

Breakdown of Expenditure in Fiscal 2022
Breakdown of Expenditure in Fiscal 2021

Click here for the main initiatives for CSR Guideline 10, “Social Contribution Activities as a Good Corporate Citizen” in CSR Roadmap 2022.